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HARRY M. ROSENBLATT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

i TRAVELING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,981, dated May 16, 1 899.

Application filed December 30,1898. Serial No. 700,690. (No model.)

I`exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates toa traveling-case,

` and particularly to that style of case which is provided with a compartment-box for the reception of such articles as it may be desired to keep separate from those in the body of the case. The objection to cases having rigidwall compartments is that the user frequently makes no use of the compartment or only partly fills it, so that the compartment voccupies needless space and is of doubtful utility. The objection to cases having flexible-wall compartments is that when wholly or partly filled they bulge out more or less unevenly and destroy the otherwise even and regular contour of the body of the case.

The object of my invention is to provide a compartment which will extend along one of the inner walls of the case and which while constructed so as to be flexible in the sense of being compressilole and extensible is so constructed as to be capable of compression or extension without affecting the parallelism of the outer or front wall of the compartment-box with the wall of the case to which the box is secured, thus preserving the even outline of the main body of the case, while providing for the uniform and (in a sense) automatic compression of the box as the main body of the case is lled.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby this expansion or con'- traction may be effected without disengaging the fastenings by means of which the lid of the compartment-box is secured to the front wall thereof.

Another object of the invention is to combine with the said compartment-box a jewelcase or collar and cuff button receptacleand to so locate it that while located substantially lines of folding.

within the compartment-box and occupying 5o no substantial space within the main body of the case it will always be accessible without the necessity of unfastening the lid of the compartment-box.

The invention consists, generally speaking, of a compartment-box having extensible and compressible ends, bottom, and lid, this capacity being secured, preferably, by corrua gating, creasing, or plaiting said ends, bottom, or lid centrally and longitudinally, the lid having an extension which is provided with fixed fasteners and is yadapted to fold down upon thefront wall of the compartment and engage supplementary fixed fasteners thereon.

The invention also consists in combining with the compartment-box a jewel-case which is built into the front wall of the compartf ment-box and extends into the compartment parts of the compartment-boxfolded, but be? fore they are secured together and. applied to' the case. Fig. 4: is a plan view of the blanks of the two parts, the dotted lines showing the A is the case, B the rear wall thereof, and C'D the two blanks of which the compartmentbox is composed. The blank C is first cnt out in the shape shown in Fig. 4L and then folded on the dotted lines to form the front wall 8, the bottom 9 l0, and the ends 6 7 6 7. The extra folds 5 5 of the end pieces are bent, as shown in Fig. 3, while the extra fold 1l of the bottom is bent, as shown inthe same figure, so as to lie behind the folds 5 5. The

blank D is first cut out. in the shape shown in Fig. 4 and then folded on the dotted lines to form the top, lid, or cover 2 3, the rear ex tension l, (which is bent down, as shown in Fig..3, so as to lie behind the folds 5,) and the depending extension 4. The overlapping parts of the blanks are then secured together by glue or otherwise and the folds 5 5, l, and l1 secured to the wall B of the case. After the compartment-box is thus fastened to the case a layer of material G, preferably pasteboard, covered with canvas g', is secured to the folds 5 5, l, and ll and also to the wall B, the compartment-box as a whole being thereby firmly secured to the case. Y The depending ext'ension 4 and the front wall 8 are provided with fastening devices adapted for mutual engagement, whereby the compartment-box may be closed. These fastening devices preferably consist of orifices in the depending extension 4 and ordinary springcatches E on the front wall.

Midway between the fastening devices and beneath them a jewel-case or collar and cuff-- button receptacle F is built into the front wall of the box, as best shown in Fig. 2, the main body of the same extending within the compartment, while the lid f of the same (which may be an ordinary spring hinged lid locked by any suitable catch) is exterior to the box, enabling the user to have access to the case without disengaging the fastening devices of the box.

Inasmuch as the bottom, ends, and top of the compartment-box are longitudinallycreased it will be readily seen that the compartmentbox as a whole may be compressed without disengaging the connections or affecting the substantial parallelism of the front wall 8 of the box with the wall B of the case. Collars and cuffs may be placed in the box fiat, and as the main body of the case. is filled the wall S will be forced in toward the wall B until the wall 8 engages the contained collars and cuffs, preventing further compression.

l-Iaving now fully described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a traveling case, the combination therewith of an extensible and compressible compartment-box extending along one of the inner walls of the case, the two ends thereof and the bottom thereof being longitudinally creased, and provided with a folding lid also longitudinally creased, the lid having a depending extension, and a fixed fastening device, one part of which is on the front wall of the box and the other part on the depending extension and adapted to engage each other, whereby the compartment-box may be extended or compressed witho ut disengagement or readjustment of said' fastening device, while maintaining the substantial parallelism of the front wall of the box and the said wall of the case.

2. In a traveling-case, the combination therewith of an extensible 'and compressible compartment-box extending along one of the inner walls of the case and formed of two blanks; one blank consisting of the piece 8, forming the front wall of the box having a side wing and two end wingslongitudinally creased to form a plurality of folds, the end folds of each wing being bent inwardly into substantial parallelism with the front wall 8, the end fold of the side wing engaging the end folds of the end wings, the remaining folds of the end wings forming the ends of the box, and the remaining folds of the side wing forming the bottom of the box; the other blank being creased to form a plurality of folds, the fold at one end being bent into substantial parallelism with the front wall of the box and engaging the outer folds of the end wings, the fold at the opposite end being bent down over the front Wall of the box, andthe intermediate folds forming the top of the box.

3. In a travelingcase, the combination therewith of an extensibleand compressible compartment-box extending along one of the inner walls of the case and formed of two blanks; one blank consisting of the piece 8, forming the front wall of the box having a sidewingand two end wings longitudinally creased to form a plurality of folds, the end folds of each wing being bent inwardly into substantial parallelism with the front wall S, the end fold of the side wing engaging the end folds of the end wings, the remaining folds of the end wings forming the ends of the box, and the remaining folds of the side wing forming the bottom of the box; the other blank being creased to form a plurality of folds, the fold at one end being bent into substantial parallelism with the front wall of the box and engaging the outer folds of the end wings, the fold at the opposite end being bent down over the front wall of the box, and the intermediate folds forming the top of the box, and a layer of material secured to the end folds of the three wings of the rst blank, the inner IOO IOS

end fold of the second bla-nk and the said wall of the box. I

4. In a traveling-case, the combination therewith of an extensible and compressible compartment-box extending along one of the inner walls of the case, and having a iiat front wall, a bottom longitudinally creased to form at least three folds, two ends similarly creased, the end folds of the bottom engaging the end folds of the ends, said end folds being bent inwardly, and a top longitudinally creased so as to be expansible and compressible similarly to the bottom and ends, and having its inner end fold bent inwardly into engagement with the end folds of the ends.

5. In a travelingcase, the combination therewith of an extensible and compressible compartment-box extending along one of the inner walls of the case, and having a fiat front wall, a bottom longitudinally creased to form at least three folds,two ends similarly creased, the end folds of the bottom engaging the end IIO folds of the ends, said end folds being bent inwardly, and a top longitudinally creased so as to be expansible and eoinpressible similarly to the bottom and ends, and having its innerend fold bent inwardly into engagement with the end folds of the ends, and a layer of inaterial secured to the end folds of the bottoni,

ends and top and the said Wall ofthe box.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, ata-Philadelphia, on 1o this 24th day of December, 1898.

HARRY M. ROSENBLATT.

Vitnesses:

FRANK S. BUssER, J. M. SHINDLER. 

